A Week in Review, July 4

Capgemini eyes US healthcare acquisition

[Financial Times] Capgemini, the European IT services company, is looking for a string of acquisitions to bolster its position in the US market, with a particular interest in the healthcare sector. Read full story.


AAMI: Healthcare technology management dawns as a new profession

[CMIO] After an intensive two-day forum to better define the evolving role of clinical and biomedical engineering, industry leaders came to the conclusion that healthcare technology management is the new name for the profession, which was explained in a presentation at the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) conference & expo on June 26. Read full story.


Health IT grads to improve healthcare

[UPI] Nine U.S. programs in comprehensive management of health information are graduating their first classes, totaling about 500 students this summer, officials say. Read full story.


IBM study defines futuristic networked devices for healthcare

[Networkworld] IBM came out with a study this week that looks at what future healthcare applications and devices, be they PCs, tablet or smartphone might look like.

The study notes that medical device makers have in the past few years successfully targeted consumers who are extremely health or fitness conscious as well as those who need to be regularly monitored because of a serious health problem. But the IBM study says those devices and services could now go a step further and integrate mobile and home-based devices with web-based resources, electronic and personal health records to help people make more well-informed medial decisions and actually help manage their healthcare situation more proactively. Read full story.